Myths & mysteries
Eremitic monks treated isolation as a competitive sport
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Eremitic ascetics constantly tried to out-isolate each other by retreating deeper and deeper into the wasteland. It became a highly intense theological contest to see who could survive the absolute longest without ever having to speak to another human being.
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